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Middleton, Oliver Hering, 1798-1892. Oliver Hering Middleton papers, 1794-1881.

Title: Oliver Hering Middleton papers, 1794-1881.

Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, school papers, and other items. Correspondence (1794-1862) is mostly among Middleton family members concerning family and social matters, travels, and other topics. Correspondents include Oliver Hering Middleton, Sr., Susan Chisolm Middleton, John Izard Middleton, Mary Julia Middleton (later Mary Read), Oliver Hering Middleton, Jr., Dr. Robert Trail Chisolm (d. 1821), Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert T.) Chisolm, Henry Middleton, and others. Letters are from Charleston (S.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Newport (R.I.), New York (N.Y.), Rome (Italy), London (England) and elsewhere. Some are addressed to the Middletons at Edisto Island and at Charleston. Financial records include receipts, a bankbook, and invoices. Other items include a Freedmen's Bureau document (1866) restoring plantation lands on Edisto Island (S.C.) to Oliver Hering Middleton, Sr. and obliging him to enter into contracts with freedmen and refugees living on his property. School papers include essays, lecture notes, and a geometry exercise of Oliver Hering Middleton, Jr., and two notebooks (1843-1846) of Mary Julia Middleton (later Mary Read) mostly concerning history and characters of Greek mythology.

ArchivalResource: ca. 120 items.

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